A simple sweater with blocked colors, boat neck, close-fitting arms and no waist-shaping. Minimal seams: knitted in the round (from the bottom up), stitches for arms are picked up from arm holes.

Colors can be distributed as wanted- I had 100 g of beige and 300 g of yellow left from another Project and used up all of the beige and about 200g of the yellow.

I knitted the border at the hips and the chest/arms in yellow and the lower body as well as the rim at the wrists in beige.

needle: 3,5 mm
gauge: 22M x 30 R = 10 cm (stockinette, knitted flat)
yarn: 100 % cotton in light yellow (200 g/ Color A), dark beige (100 g/ Color B)

before you start: cut about 2 x 4 m (~26 inch) of color B for the contrasting rim at the wrists.

BODY:

• Cast on 100 sts in color A, join round
• Work ribbing (k1, p1) for about 1 inch
• Change to color B
• knit in rounds until color B is used up (or as long as you like) and change back to color A
• at a total lenght of 14 inch (or more, if you want your sweater to be longer), bind of 2 x 3 sts at both sides to separate front from back (both parts will be finished separately, but identically)

FRONT:

• to shape armholes, in every 2. row bind of 1 x 2 sts and then 1 x st.
• work flat, until piece measures 21 inches.
• continue with ribbing (k1, p1) for about 1.5 inch, then
• bind of about 8 Inch in the center for the neckline, put remaining stitches on hold.

BACK: same as front.

After finishing both parts, join held stitches using backstitch method (Maschenstich) to form the shoulders.

ARMS (both):

• pick up 66 sts from arm hole
• use short rows to shape shoulder: -- knit 8 sts at highest point of shoulder, turn work, purl back. -- next 3 times, knit/purl additional 3 sts with every row (on both ends). -- after this, add 1 additional sts on both ends (17 times) -- add remaining 6 sts
• go on knitting in rounds until arms measure about 20 Inch (or required lenght, less 1.5 inch), decreasing 11 x 2 sts every inch (= 44 sts)
• continue with ribbing (k1, p1) for about 1.5 inch, finishing with 5 rounds of color B
• bind of, weave in ends.